God’s Righteous Judgment
(Romans 2:1–16)
For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song.
We give thanks to You, O God; Psa 145:18Jer 10:6Psa 138:2Deu 4:7Exo 23:21Exo 34:6-7Psa 57:1Psa 76:1
we give thanks, for Your Name is near.
The people declare Your wondrous works.
“When I choose a time, Ecc 3:17Act 17:31Act 1:7Jhn 7:6Psa 102:132Sa 2:42Sa 23:3-42Sa 5:3
I will judge fairly.
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, 1Sa 2:8Isa 24:19Heb 1:3Isa 49:81Sa 18:71Sa 25:281Sa 31:1-72Sa 5:2
it is I who bear up its pillars.
Selah
I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ Zec 1:21Pro 1:22Pro 8:5Psa 148:14Psa 82:2-8Psa 89:17Psa 94:8Dan 7:20-21
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
Do not lift up your horn against heaven 2Ch 30:8Act 7:51Isa 48:4Deu 31:27Exo 32:9Ezk 2:4
or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, Psa 3:3
nor out of the desert,
but it is God who judges; Luk 1:52Dan 2:21-22Psa 113:7-8Psa 147:62Sa 6:21Psa 50:61Sa 2:7-8Jer 27:4-8
He brings down one and exalts another.
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, Job 21:20Jer 25:15Psa 11:6Rev 16:19Rev 14:9-10Jer 25:17Isa 5:22Psa 60:3
full of foaming wine mixed with spices.
He pours from His cup,
and all the wicked of the earth
drink it down to the dregs.
But I will proclaim Him 1forever; Psa 104:33Psa 145:1-2Psa 40:10Psa 9:14
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, Psa 89:17Psa 92:10Jer 48:25Psa 101:8Psa 148:14Zec 1:20-211Sa 2:1Luk 1:69
but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”